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IRAQ: Parliament elects a controversial Sunni speaker who riles Kurds
Babylon & BeyondOsama Nujeifi, a leading but controversial figure in the Iraqiya coalition, was elected speaker of the Council of Representatives last month with 227 of 295 votes. His election marked a first step in implementing an agreement that ended an eight-month....... -
Hundreds Dead or Wounded in Wave of Bombings in Baghdad
Associated PressBAGHDAD -- A truck bomb exploded across the street from Iraq's Foreign Ministry near the Green Zone Wednesday, as a wave of explosions around Baghdad killed at least 95 people and wounded more than 500. A suicide truck bomber also targeted the Finance...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Emergency Incidents, International Military Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Guerrilla Activity
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Biden in Iraq: Withdrawal on track
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Vice President Joe Biden made an unannounced landing in Iraq today for a two-day series of meetings with Iraqi leaders and U.S. troops. The traveling pool report from the ground says that Biden "will try......Tags: National Government, Joe Biden, United Nations, Government, United States
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Biden in Baghdad: 'High-level focus'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 1:20 pm EDT Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise landing in Baghdad today to meet with Iraqi leaders and U.S. military troops. A military C-17 transport carrying the vice president landed at Baghdad......Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Baghdad (Iraq), Joe Biden, International Military Interventions
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IRAN: Anger and protests follow executions of Kurds on terrorism charges
Babylon & BeyondReports have surfaced of renewed unrest in parts of Iran and protests at Tehran University after Sunday's execution of four Iranian Kurds, including a woman, and another Iranian activist for alleged terrorist activities. Media reports said Iranian Kurds... -
Keeping faith with a bloody tradition
I WAS SITTING with President Jalal Talabani of Iraq earlier this month when Iraqi television was broadcasting the trial of Saddam Hussein. The hearings had shifted into their second phase, concerning the mass murder of Iraq's Kurdish minority in the...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), U.S. Embassy, War Crimes, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. will continue to hold Iraqi ex-officials
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersU.S. officials on Monday sidestepped the demand of Iraq's prime minister for the immediate transfer for execution of three former officials from Saddam Hussein's regime. The U.S. military issued a written statement reaffirming its position, shared by the...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Baghdad (Iraq), Politics, U.S. Embassy, War Crimes
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Visiting Iranian leader suggests U.S. leave Iraq
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiled for the cameras. At ease, he parried with reporters, sitting alone at a simple table Monday inside the Iraqi presidential compound here. The visiting Iranian patiently called on raised hands without even the...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Customs and Tradition, Travel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Civil Unrest
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Abducted archbishop's body is found in Mosul
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe body of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop who was abducted by gunmen last month was discovered Thursday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, and a car bomb killed 18 people in Baghdad. Mosul Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho's body was found by police in...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Civil Unrest, Guerrilla Activity, Armed Conflicts
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Kurdish rebels offer Turkey a truce
Special to The TimesKurdish separatists said Monday that they would stop their cross-border attacks on Turkish forces if the Ankara government dropped its threats to launch an offensive on their remote mountain enclaves in Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkey, stung by a weekend raid by...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Turkey, Iran, National Security
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Palin, Obama, McCain: Saturday Nt. Live
The Swampby Mark Silva The beating goes on at Saturday Night Live, where a whole cast of impersonators has turned out to explain the presidential election campaign underway. That includes the eyebrow-raising interview that Republican Sarah Palin had with CBS News....Tags: Political Candidates, State Budgets, Alaska, Sarah Palin, Amy Poehler
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Bush makes surprise visit to Iraq
The Swampby Christi Parsons President Bush today made a surprise, farewell trip to Baghdad, where he said the war in Iraq has been difficult but necessary for the cause of world peace. Bush met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and......Tags: Wars and Interventions, National Government, Government, Travel, Barack Obama
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